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Sri Lanka's first ever Test was at Colombo in 1981-82 v England. Who was the English captain?

Asked by Pravat .. in Cricket & Other Sports at 11:35 AM on November 29, 2008

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Keith Fletcher. Fletcher was captain for the tour of India and Sri Lanka. England won the Test v Sri Lanka, and Fletcher was promptly dropped on return to England, in favour of Bob Willis.

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Which great Sri Lankan family produced 3 Test-playing brothers?

Asked by Pravat .. in Cricket & Other Sports at 11:34 AM on November 29, 2008

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Ranatunga. Arjuna is known to everyone, Sanjeeva was an elegant left-handed batsman in the mid 90's, and Dhammika was a solid opener who played two Test v Australia in 1989. To my knowledge, none of the De Silvas who have played for SL are related. Muttiah Muralitharan has taken enough wickets for a whole family, but he is a one-off (in more ways than one).

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Which Sri Lankan was the 4th player to score a double century on Test debut?

Asked by Pravat .. in Cricket & Other Sports at 11:34 AM on November 29, 2008

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Brendon Kuruppu. Kuruppu scored 201 not out v New Zealand in 1986-87. Amazingly, he only played 3 further Tests! By the way, the other three are R.E.Foster (287 for England), Lawrence Rowe (214 for WI), and Matthew Sinclair (214 for NZ).

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During the 2003 World Cup held in South Africa,2 Zimbabwean players wore a black armband to protest,“the death of democracy”.Which of the players was involved

Asked by Sarita . in Cricket & Other Sports at 11:28 AM on November 29, 2008

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Henry Olonga. Henry Olonga and Andy Flower did this to protest against President Robert Mugabe’s regime in Zimbabwe. After the World Cup, they retired from Zimbabwean cricket and went on to play county cricket in England.

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Who was Sri Lanka's first Test captain?

Asked by Pravat .. in Cricket & Other Sports at 11:33 AM on November 29, 2008

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Warnapura. Bandula Warnapura led Sri Lanka in all 4 tests that he played. He eventually was banned from Sri Lankan cricket for touring South Africa with the rebel team in 1982-83.

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Which pair put on the the partnership record for Sri Lanka in ODI of 237?

Asked by Pravat .. in Cricket & Other Sports at 11:34 AM on November 29, 2008

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ST Jayasuriya & MS Atapattu. Atapattu (101 off 124) and Jayasuriya (122 off 105) put on 237 for the opening partnership in 33.4 overs against the Australians in 2003 in a VB series game.

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In which year did Wisden's Almanac first appear?

Asked by Sarita . in Cricket & Other Sports at 8:50 PM on November 28, 2008

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1864. Wisden's work was not the first of its kind: he had already been associated with Frederick Lillywhite in producing "Lillywhite's Guide". The first edition of Wisden is a strange hotchpotch. It contains very little current cricketing data, but is full of old scorecards of such things as Gentlemen v Players games. It also includes in its 112 pages the rules of bowls, the past winners of the university boat race, and the classic English horse races, and the dates of the battles of the Wars of the Roses. Gradually, however, the book took shape as an authoritative reference work on the game.

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In the 1931-32 season, Rhodesia took part in the Currie Cup (South Africa). However, they were robbed of the Cup because of what?

Asked by Sarita . in Cricket & Other Sports at 11:27 AM on November 29, 2008

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Points System. The points system for this competition was quite weird. It awarded the same points for a first innings lead and an outright victory. Rhodesia had 4 outright victories and a defeat. The eventual winner was Western Province.

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John Wisden, was himself a great cricketer in his time. His name still appears in the records sectin of the Almanac.What feat did he achieve at Lord's on July?

Asked by Sarita . in Cricket & Other Sports at 8:51 PM on November 28, 2008

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10 wickets in an innings (all clean bowled). In the days of round-arm bowling, Wisden was generally regarded as a fast bowler, though he stood only 5' 4" tall and is said to have weighed only seven stone (98 lb) at the beginning of his career. He was a Sussex man, but was playing for the North against the South in this match. His full analysis has not been preserved. In a low-scoring match, which was finished in a single day, Wisden was also the second highest scorer for the North, with 22 runs. The North won by an innings.

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Professional touring XIs played a prominent part in mid-19th century English cricket. Who formed the All-England XI in 1846?

Asked by Sarita . in Cricket & Other Sports at 8:50 PM on November 28, 2008

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William Clarke. Clarke was a Nottingham man whose career in cricket lasted some thirty years. In the 1830s he married a widow who kept the Trent Bridge Inn, and he laid out what is now the Nottinghamshire county cricket ground in the adjoining field. At a time when there were few county games, and his idea of a touring side gave professional cricketers the chance to work full time during the cricket season. His team travelled the length of England, playing matches against local teams, and thus giving large numbers of people a chance to see some of the best cricketers in the country. Many matches were played against odds, i.e. the local sides would contain anything up to 22 men. Disgruntled players broke away and formed a rival United England XI in 1852, and further splits led to the formation of other sides. With the growth of representative county cricket, public interest in the touring sides declined; their last major matches were played in the late 1870s.

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